Fanfiction Lounge

[TurtleKing]

Yeahhh...that's pretty much my feeling on it too.

But I once got told off in a review for My Name Is Fuega (this was on SPPf, by the way) for not describing the appearance of a Vulpix, an Eevee, and an Absol. Oh, and a Zangoose. I added some description for the PC release, but...I thought it was a bit silly, seeing how this is a POKEMON forum...-_-; It's like having to describe what a tree looks like. Or a cat. Or a snake.

Yeah I was thinking about that too in my fic. I describe my Pokemon sometimes, like when a Pokemon evolves. I don't know why, I just feel better having described it rather than just say, "Ralts evolved into Kirlia."

God turtles are awesome.

 

[IceDragon2439]

Man, I've missed out. Go to work and come back, two pages have gone by -_-. Applebees *shudders*


Anyways, to me, I describe to a certain extent. Like this for instance:

The ball landed on the tile and burst open revealing silver Pokémon with three circular-shaped bodies joined together. They each had an eye in the middle of their body and two magnets and two screws protruding from their metal-framed body. It began to float around and small metal objects began to cling to its body.

I think I did fairly well with this description, but hey, we all have our own opinions. To answer Blue Angel's question:
Do you think that describing Pokemon in Fan Fiction is a necessity?

I do think it is because it helps most readers see it, even if they already know what it looks like.

 

[icomeanon6]

Do you think that describing Pokemon in Fan Fiction is a necessity?

Depending on the context of the story, I wouldn't say that showing what a Pokemon looks like is entirely necessary. What I would say is necessary is showing what kind of emotions the Pokemon is showing. Yeah, we all know what a Rattata looks like, but it's important to show us what makes this particular Rattata stand out. Not describing something can be a good way to show a lack of importance, but that's also why you need to be careful to use description to show what is important.

I kind of force myself to describe Pokemon in my main fic because none of the characters even know what Pokemon really are. In fact, I think my fic might be the longest fic that doesn't contain the word "Pokemon."

 

[TurtleKing]

Do you think that describing Pokemon in Fan Fiction is a necessity?

Yeah, I agree with IceDragon. Description helps you visualize, well it helps me anyway. I mean, I'll still be able to see the Pokemon when given the name, but descrption is a definite eye-catcher in my opinion.

~TK

 

[Sunnybeam]

Edit: Oh, and tip for Aqua059--if you're going to be reposting something you've put up on forums elsewhere, don't bother redoing the format each time. After you've got it formatted and looking nice the place you're putting it up first, just post it and then hit the edit button. You can just copy the formatting with the text when you go to paste it into the thread creator for whatever place you're putting the next copy up.

Well, the chapter I posted last night was from FFnet. So...yeah, it lost most of the formatting and basically all of the paragraph spacing, plus I wanted to clean it up a bit to meet the better standards over here.

 

[Sydian]

Do you think that describing Pokemon in Fan Fiction is a necessity?

It helps if you've got friends that aren't really into Pokemon and they're reading your story. That and maybe some people get Pokemon confused. It's not too conmon, but even still, some people will get Slowbro and Slowking confused, or Pigeotto and Pidgeot. So, for me, it's nessecary.

 

[Percy Thrillington]

Wow, I missed a page.

Wow, this tread is quite popular right now.

Welcome to PokéCommunity with no server crashes. I love it.

Recently it's been rather slow, and especially now. It was quite good not so long ago - better than here actually for most times. But now it's been rather laggy, what with double posts happening as well.

It's been okay for me, but I post when the majority of users are asleep so I guess my opinion doesn't really count.

Do you think that describing Pokemon in Fan Fiction is a necessity?

Depends, doesn't it? We all see those idiotic fan fics where the author says something about a Shaymin teaming up with a Mew and blowing up a hole in a grandfather clock (the thread has since been deleted and it was a parody of bad fics but I'm still using it as an example) and the literate reviewer is screaming for descriptions while banging his or her head of his or her keyboard. Too much description can be irritating too although for the most part, I like reading how people look at a Pokémon and seeing what they see it as.

As Jax and countless others have said, you have to assume that your readers are aware of the Pokémon universe. My teacher once told me that if an alien was reading my story and it didn't understand it, it meant that I didn't explain or describe things well enough. An alien isn't reading your story, it's people who are Pokémon fans. Once I figured that out, I realised that I didn't have to go over the top with my Pokémon descriptions but it's still nice to be able to refer to an Articuno as the Legendary Bird who resembles a crystal clear sky and sports a lion's mane.

I don't think it's a necessity, but it sure as hell gets the ratings for your writing higher.

Originally posted by TurtleKing:
Do you think that describing Pokemon in Fan Fiction is a necessity?

Yeah, I agree with IceDragon. Description helps you visualize, well it helps me anyway. I mean, I'll still be able to see the Pokemon when given the name, but descrption is a definite eye-catcher in my opinion.

~TK

Is it really necessary to tag your name at the bottom of your posts? We can see quite clearly that you are the one posting from the massive username at the top of your posts beside your avatar, you know.

 

[Buoysel]

Welcome to PokéCommunity with no server crashes. I love it.

I know, Isn't it great?

Does anybody know when the next mod will show up?

 

[Percy Thrillington]

I know, Isn't it great?

Does anybody know when the next mod will show up?

No, Kcander, we do not. The staff make the staff decisions at their leisure, the commoners do not need to be involved with such an event. As I've stated already, I have a pretty good idea as to who the favourites for the position are but our opinions aren't going to change anything. The best the commoners can do is speculate until the new moderator is picked and even then it's not that big. The higher staff are keeping this board under control just fine. When a mod gets picked, the mod gets picked and asking about it is pretty useless.

 

[icomeanon6]

No, Kcander, we do not. The staff make the staff decisions at their leisure, the commoners do not need to be involved with such an event. As I've stated already, I have a pretty good idea as to who the favourites for the position are but our opinions aren't going to change anything. The best the commoners can do is speculate until the new moderator is picked and even then it's not that big. The higher staff are keeping this board under control just fine. When a mod gets picked, the mod gets picked and asking about it is pretty useless.

I am simply racking my brain over how your new username is pronounced. o_O

One would think that our opinions would have at least some bearing on the staff's decision, seeing as knowing what we think would give them a better idea of who we would get along with and listen to well.

 

[JX Valentine]

I am simply racking my brain over how your new username is pronounced. o_O

Which is why I'm calling him Bob.

 

[Sydian]

Just make up your own pronounciation for his name. That's what I did...until I actually ask him.

 

[icomeanon6]

Hmm, I'm torn between calling him Oni or Steve. I'm thinking Steve. Is that okay with you, Steve? Good.

 

[JX Valentine]

Just make up your own pronounciation for his name. That's what I did...until I actually ask him.

Exactly. I'm all for spelling it correctly, but in the end, I'm just going to call him "Bob." It's, uh, a French pronunciation.

(Apologies to all the French people I've just offended, but let's face it. Sometimes, your pronunciations are a little nutty. Versailles, anyone?)

 

[Percy Thrillington]

I am simply racking my brain over how your new username is pronounced. o_O

One would think that our opinions would have at least some bearing on the staff's decision, seeing as knowing what we think would give them a better idea of who we would get along with and listen to well.

It's the Egyptian for lapwing, a species of bird that somehow signified slavery to the Egyptians back in the day. It's pronounced Wreck-It.

Well, the problem with that is that most of us regulars joined between three months ago and present day. You punks have no respect for the people that were here before your time; namely the staff. The majority of the staff have been here for a year or more and they've seen everything, which makes me think that they know more than they let on. If you can figure out what I mean by that, you get some sort of prize. Knowledge.

 

[Sydian]

It's pronounced Wreck-It.

Then I was right!

Hm. I feel like...ranting. Anyone else?

 

[Percy Thrillington]

Then I was right!

Hm. I feel like...ranting. Anyone else?

I feel like ranting about a lot of things. I feel like ranting about the fact that Astinus is no longer a moderator, about the Pokémon franchise being milked for all it is worth, about idiot writers who think they have control over any situation, about perfectionists who review fan fics just to degrade the writers and stroke his or her already inflated ego. I shall refrain from ranting about those things and much more and spare you all the bore or reading my long walls of hatred-filled text. Why? I'm too lazy right now.

 

[Bay]

I feel like ranting about a lot of things. I feel like ranting about the fact that Astinus is no longer a moderator, about the Pokémon franchise being milked for all it is worth, about idiot writers who think they have control over any situation, about perfectionists who review fan fics just to degrade the writers and stroke his or her already inflated ego. I shall refrain from ranting about those things and much more and spare you all the bore or reading my long walls of hatred-filled text. Why? I'm too lazy right now.

Most of those things I felt like ranting too. =O

As for Astinus not being a moderator, yeah I'm sad too that she's not looking over this section no more. However, I'm happy that at least she won't be stressed over this fandom no more.

Speaking of moderators, I think some of you are worrying too much over who the next moderator will be and the state of this section. Just because we have no mod at the moment that doesn't mean the fanfic place will be in chaos. All of us (and some of the other mod staffers) can take care of this place fine. ;)

And oh Silver, go ahead and rant. XD

 

[Percy Thrillington]

As for Astinus not being a moderator, yeah I'm sad too that she's not looking over this section no more. However, I'm happy that at least she won't be stressed over this fandom no more.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I know that she was over-stressed and tired of her position and I don't want her to have to do something she doesn't want to do, it's just that I dislike her leaving because she was a pretty great moderator and replacing her is probably going to be a hard job.

Speaking of moderators, I think some of you are worrying too much over who the next moderator will be and the state of this section. Just because we have no mod at the moment that doesn't mean the fanfic place will be in chaos. All of us (and some of the other mod staffers) can take care of this place fine. ;)

Basically what I tried to say in a nicer tone.

 

[Sydian]

I feel like ranting about a lot of things. I feel like ranting about the fact that Astinus is no longer a moderator, about the Pokémon franchise being milked for all it is worth, about idiot writers who think they have control over any situation, about perfectionists who review fan fics just to degrade the writers and stroke his or her already inflated ego. I shall refrain from ranting about those things and much more and spare you all the bore or reading my long walls of hatred-filled text. Why? I'm too lazy right now.

Ugh. Just the things I'd like to either rant on or read a rant on.

And oh Silver, go ahead and rant. XD

Already got it out of my system on LiveJournal.

Speaking of moderators, I think some of you are worrying too much over who the next moderator will be and the state of this section. Just because we have no mod at the moment that doesn't mean the fanfic place will be in chaos. All of us (and some of the other mod staffers) can take care of this place fine. ;)

Hmmmm....

Oh, don't get me wrong. I know that she was over-stressed and tired of her position and I don't want her to have to do something she doesn't want to do, it's just that I dislike her leaving because she was a pretty great moderator and replacing her is probably going to be a hard job

Replacing seems like...the wrong word. No one can replace Astinus. Just...fill a role, or make a new name. You can't replace someone like that.